Safe Routes to School During COVID-19 Survey
The Safe Routes Partnership is hosting a series of listening sessions for our Safe Routes community to connect and share what changes have occurred in your programs over the past year. We're seeking input from Safe Routes to School practitioners, caregivers, advocates, and volunteers who are willing to participate in one of four listening sessions, which will be scheduled in late February and early March.
Safe Routes Success in Kauai Community
A group of Kauai community members came together to correct chaos, confusion, and unsafe situations for children trying to walk and bike safely to school, which also improved the safety of neighborhood residents.
Safe Routes Success in Kauai Community
The Problem
Kamali’i is a dead-end street in the rear of Kilauea School in Kauai, Hawaii. Although “No School Drop Off” signs are posted clearly on the gate and reiterated through newsletters, personal requests, and various other methods, parents still drop off their children at the back of the school. The issue is that there is no place to safely turn around so cars must backup down the street. It causes chaos, congestion, and unsafe situations for children trying to walk or bike safely to school as well as residents of the street.
New Year, New Congress: Our Resolutions for Federal Policy for Walking, Bicycling, and Safe Routes to School
It’s a new year, and it ushers in a host of new beginnings: the 117th Congress, the Biden Administration, and hopefully an end in sight to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. As people all around the world make New Year’s resolutions to improve themselves, we would like to share what we have resolved to work toward on the federal policy front this year.
What We're Hopeful for in 2021
To close the year, Safe Routes Partnership staff and board members wanted to share what gives us hope going into 2021.
Safe Routes to Parks Application Info Session
December 3, 2020 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST
The Elections and Transportation in 2021
Now that Election week is over, and Joe Biden has been declared the next President, we wanted to take a few minutes to look forward to 2021.
Congress Says See You Next Year on Transportation
Last week, Congress passed a short-term extension to funding for all federal agencies, giving them until December 11, 2020 to reach a deal on funding for the rest of 2021. As part of that bill, Congress also included a one-year extension of current transportation law and funding (the FAST Act), through September 2021.
Transportation Bill Heads to Extension
Unfortunately, the gains for active transportation and safety for people biking and walking that we won in the Senate America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019 and the House INVEST Act are at risk. The Senate has not moved its bill the rest of the way through the Senate, and it still lacks the transit, safety and funding titles.